Word: dependable
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...chief deduction, however, is that the private schools offer superior training for a definite goal, they coach the boys for the "exams" upon which depend their entrance to the college of their choice, while the public schools train their students for general efficiency in life. The report is a splendid tribute to the work of the public schools. But if the average public school has any tendency to over-coach its boys, there are a lot of private schools in this country where the very highest standards of general training, discipline and democracy are maintained, and their graduates...
...advantage of the theory that it employs no new constants and that it does not depend on any assumptions hitherto unheard of. The only two constants that are used are the now well recognized ones of Newton's Law of Gravitation and the velocity of light. It has, therefore, a firm foundation and skeptical scientists will have no easy task in their attempt to undermine...
...reconcile America, it must show that it intends to abide by the decision of the peace conference in regard to the Adriatic question, and that it is prepared to alter its policy as a result of the recent elections. The question of supplying raw materials and credit must depend largely on the improvement of Italy's precarious financial situation. As for d'Annunzio--we would like to see a drive started to raise funds for sending him and his army to capture Shantung for the Chinese...
...plans for the season were outlined, but as they depend largely on the date of the completion of the rink, no definite dates have been set. The team hopes to get out on the natural ice before the Pavilion is finished, and four rinks are being built on Soldiers Field with this in view. There will be no strict training rules until after the Christmas vacation, when practice games have been planned by the management to extend throughout the season...
...organization is strictly non-partizan in so far as politics are concerned, but it expects to take a leading role in the reconstruction program of the country. Eligibility for membership does not depend on length of service or the capacity in which the service was performed. Officers of every rank are admitted on the same footing and have equal voice in the conduct of the affairs of the society...